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A 65-year-old woman had a stroke in her brainstem, but the first two MRI scans didn’t show it—doctors only saw the damage after waiting five days.

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The study shows that a 65-year-old woman had a stroke in her brainstem, but two MRI scans done soon after her symptoms didn’t show it — only a later scan did. This proves that early MRIs can miss this kind of stroke, just like the claim says.

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